Gallery: Cross-site scripting vulnerability

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200501-45 / gallery
Release Date	January 30, 2005
Latest Revision	May 22, 2006: 04
Impact	low
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
www-apps/gallery	< 1.4.4_p6	>= 1.4.4_p6	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #78522

Synopsis

Gallery is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks.

2. Impact Information

Background

Gallery is a web application written in PHP which is used to organize and publish photo albums. It allows multiple users to build and maintain their own albums. It also supports the mirroring of images on other servers.

Description

Rafel Ivgi has discovered a cross-site scripting vulnerability where the 'username' parameter is not properly sanitized in 'login.php'.

Impact

By sending a carefully crafted URL, an attacker can inject and execute script code in the victim's browser window, and potentially compromise the user's gallery.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Gallery users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/gallery-1.4.4_p6"

Note: Users with the vhosts USE flag set should manually use webapp-config to finalize the update.

4. References

Updated January 30, 2005

Summary: This is a Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Security Team
Contact Address

Donate to support our development efforts.